When You Put A Car In Neutral, it does not move.

Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute,
and when the demon had gone out,
the mute man spoke and the crowds were amazed.
Some of them said, "By the power of Beelzebul, the prince of demons,
he drives out demons."
Others, to test him, asked him for a sign from heaven.
But he knew their thoughts and said to them,
"Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste
and house will fall against house.
And if Satan is divided against himself, 
how will his kingdom stand?
For you say that it is by Beelzebul that I drive out demons.
If I, then, drive out demons by Beelzebul,
by whom do your own people drive them out?
Therefore they will be your judges.
But if it is by the finger of God that I drive out demons,
then the Kingdom of God has come upon you.
When a strong man fully armed guards his palace,
his possessions are safe.
But when one stronger than he attacks and overcomes him,
he takes away the armor on which he relied
and distributes the spoils.
Whoever is not with me is against me,
and whoever does not gather with me scatters."
LK 11:14-23

When it comes to Jesus, not making a choice is making a choice.  The battle lines are drawn.  On the one side, we have Jesus and those that have decided He is who He says He is, the Son of God.  These people make up the Kingdom of God and are called “Christians.”  It does not matter which denomination it is you find yourself in. if you call Jesus Lord and acknowledge that He is the Son of God who came to earth to save us from our sins, well, then you are a Christian.  Let it be known that the full truth of the Treasury of Faith resides in and is guarded by the Catholic Church but those that follow the Protestant tradition have more in common with us than that they have that is different. 

Next, in line, we have the people who say that all religions are good, one is good as the other and they find that Jesus was a good man, a prophet of God, who had some really good ideas but He is nothing more than a prophet.  Buddha too had good ideas and so did Confucius.  When it comes to Jesus, they are wrong.  Jesus was many things but he either is who He says He is or he is a faker and a dangerous liar who got what he deserved when Pilate put Him on the cross.  You cannot lump Jesus in with the rest of the characters that people respect as religious leaders.  Jesus, out of all of them, is the only one that said that He was the Light of the World.  Of all of the things Jesus was, he was never a good, pious, man,  You accept Jesus as the Son of God or you don’t.  Son of God or pious faker, which do you choose?

The last group is by far the largest.  This is the group that is actively against Jesus and what He stands for.  These are the enemies of the Gospel, those that would trample on the Word of God.  This group includes those that follow the occult, the worshippers of the devil, communists, nazis, abortionists and those who advocate for them, and surprisingly, those who live their life without making a decision about Jesus.  By not making a decision for Jesus, they take up a stand against Him.  

The job of those of us who believe is simple.  We need to convert the other two groups and teach them to love the Lord and to walk with Jesus instead of against Hum,  Sometimes we will have to use words to accomplish this task.

You are invited to pray for the Poor Souls in Purgatory.